The failure of the Congressional Super Committee on the deficit was no surprise. The committee was at best a delaying tactic. There was no real chance of it coming up with anything that could pass Congress. The committee was set up because Congress could not compromise enough to come up with a solution. Democrats have [...]
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Super Committee Failure
November 22, 2011Waterboarding… Again
November 13, 2011Several of the Republicans running for President have come out saying it’s okay for foreign Governments to use Waterboarding on American prisoners! Rick Perry said "This is war. That’s what happens in war." Michele Bachmann said it is “very effective”. And Herman Cain said, "I don’t see that as torture. I see it as an [...]
Information is Everywhere
November 11, 2011A weird thing happened yesterday. I was renewing a prescription on-line at Walgreens, and I looked at their apps selection. I decided to wait on it and went on to other things. Then I was using my new phone, and I went to the Marketplace to look at apps, and the top recommended app was [...]
Penn State…
November 10, 2011There has been a scandal swirling around now-former head football Coach Joe Paterno. What did he know about the child-sex-abuses going on in his own locker room, and when did he know it. He has been head coach at Penn State for 46 years, and his accused assistant has been with him for decades. How [...]
The News Was…
November 5, 2011There was a time when the News on TV was important. We saw what was important to know about. They reported bad weather, without going out and stand in it. The death of Any Rooney has me thinking about this today. He was about the last of a great breed of newspeople started, by Rooney, [...]
A Rose is a Person?
October 30, 2011New legislation proposed in Mississippi would define any flowering Rose as a person in the State Constitution. While many conservatives are applauding the recognition of the value of all potential human life, others are worried about the ramifications of such a move. This would clearly end the practice of giving roses to loved ones for [...]
Give to the Rich
October 28, 2011So far every Republican tax and/or budget proposal for the future has included cutting more taxes on the wealthy. The richest Americans have seen steady reductions in their taxes over the last 30 years, allowing them to triple their income in that time. Also every GOP proposal takes away from the poor – they call [...]
Muller – Denier No Longer
October 26, 2011Richard Muller is a professor of Physics at the UofC Berkeley, and has long been a Global Warming skeptic. He has been the darling of the radical right. Last week he published the results of his own climate study – “Global warming is real.” he wrote. He went over 5 times as much data as [...]
Flip-Flops
October 25, 2011They sure are comfy to wear in hot weather, but for some reason Tea Baggers seem to really hate them. Currently Bagger favorite Michele Bachmann is ranting about Herman Cain being a Flip-Flopper (he’s a shoe?). He seems to have miss-spoken in an interview… or maybe he was confused. But he seemed to contradict himself [...]
Pro Bono Publico
October 21, 2011“For the Public Good”… That is what our country needs more of. We need politicians running for office for the public good… not for their aggrandizement. You can tell the difference by whether they talk positively about what they believe, or spend their time trying to rip down the other guys… at least that’s a [...]
Blame the Aliens
October 20, 2011And I don’t mean from Outer Space… the Republicans running for President are falling over themselves trying to be the toughest on fighting illegal Immigrants. It was a major topic in Tuesday’s GOP debate. Herman Cain is supporting the construction of an electrified fence along the whole border – enough electricity to KILL anyone who [...]
Business & Politics
October 18, 2011We do so many people think that someone who is successful at business, will be a good political leader – this view comes mostly from conservatives, but not exclusively. It’s a concept that makes no sense at all. The goals and motives of business are totally different. They operate in completely different ways. Businesses are [...]
GOP Means…
October 14, 2011“Greed Over Prosperity”… and Republicans seem Hell-bent on proving it. They say that wanting the wealthy to pay their fair share is “Class Warfare”. They want to lower taxes on the wealthy, and cut spending that helps the poor and middle class. Herman Cain wants to establish his 9-9-9 tax plan that will raise taxes [...]
15 Years of Teaching…
October 8, 2011Many teachers have worked longer, and given more than I, Chuck & Karen Mattocks for 2. I can’t begin to compare myself positively to them. But for me… my 15 years was straight out of Hell. It got worse every year… and I was close to a final crash out many times. I did what [...]
Amanda Knox
October 4, 2011Yesterday – Oct. 3, 2011 – Amanda Knox was found not-guilty of murder, in a retrial she probably would not have got in may US states… particularly Texas. When the DNA evidence was called into question by experts in Italy, she earned the right to a new trial. Without that evidence, she was acquitted – [...]
Taking Away Our Freedoms.
October 2, 2011The Republicans running for President want to take away our hard earned freedoms. They what us to be ruled by the whim of the wealthy, and big corporations. They want us to be at the mercy of the markets. They keep talking about Social Security being unConstituional… And they want to get rid of Medicare [...]
Class Warfare
September 27, 2011Of the total increase in the economy from 2009 to 2010, 88% of that added wealth went to Corporations… while 1% went to wages and salaries of the common working people. The 400 richest people in America control as much wealth as the 150 million poorest Americans. And over the last 30 years, the income [...]
Herman Cain Wins…
September 25, 2011Well… he won a straw poll in Florida. It’s hard to say how important that is because these straw polls attract people who want to send a message. He won 37% of only 2657 votes. But it has made headlines, and will make it easier for him to raise money. It came as a surprise [...]
The Death Penalty
September 22, 2011If you have been watching the news, you probably have seen that Troy Davis was executed in Georgia last night. Justice has been denied, and a probably innocent man has died. There was NO physical evidence against Troy Davis… and 7 of the 9 witnesses against him have said they lied on the stand. He [...]
GOP – NO New Stimulus
September 21, 2011Republican leaders in Congress will not only block the Presidents plans to create jobs (and repair our National infrastructure), but now they are telling the Federal Reserve it should not do anything to stimulate the US economy. One more piece of PROOF that Republicans want the economy to stay bad, and the unemployment rate to [...]
Obama’s Change
September 20, 2011President Obama has had a philosophy of trying to build consensus, and reach across party lines. Thru the Health Care fight, it became clear the Republicans would have none of it. But he kept trying – many think for far too long. Thru the recent Debt Limit fight, the President continued to try to find [...]
Compassionless Conservatism
September 19, 2011That is the new Mantra of the Republican party. The Tea Party dominated House will not pass any kind of tax reform than helps the middle class and poor, and asks the wealthy to finally start paying their fair share. It’s not going to happen. They don’t care if many Americans have no access to [...]
